Lexical Summary metathesis: a change, removal Original Word: μετάθεσιςTransliteration: metathesis Phonetic Spelling: (met-ath'-es-is) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a change, removal Meaning: a change, removal Strong's Concordance change, removing, translation. From metatithemi; transposition, i.e. Transferral (to heaven), disestablishment (of a law) -- change, removing, translation. see GREEK metatithemi Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3331: μετάθεσιςμετάθεσις, μεταθέσεως, ἡ (μετατίθημι); 1. a transfer: from one place to another (Diodorus 1, 23); τίνος (genitive of the object), the translation of a person to heaven, Hebrews 11:5. 2. change (of things instituted or established, as ἱερωσύνης, νόμου): Hebrews 7:12; τῶν σαλευομένων, Hebrews 12:27. (Thucydides 5, 29; Aristotle, Piut.) |